Future tense#
Future Tense- яIотстану
- тыyou (sg)отстанешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itотстанет
- мыweотстанем
- выyou (pl)отстанете
- ониtheyотстанут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheотстал
- онаsheотстала
- оноitотстало
- ониtheyотстали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
отстань
to a group / formal
отстаньте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastотставший
- Adverbial (past)отстав
Used with#
- от + gen
от + genitive (from, away from)
Examples#
Он отстал от группы на горной тропе.
He fell behind the group on the mountain trail.
Отстань от меня, я устал!
Leave me alone, I'm tired!
About this verb#
- Class 15a like стать, with the present-future stem -стан- (отстану, отстанешь) and fixed stem stress. The imperative отстань! is the standard 'leave me alone' formula in Russian. The verb also covers wallpaper or labels coming off a surface.
Practice
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